I talk a lot about nutrition being the key to successful fat loss and how weight training and/or cardio fall a distant second to nutrition when it comes to maximizing your results. I've also said many a time that you can't 'out exercise' a bad diet. I think most of us who've been in this game long enough share the same sentiments. Fat loss is all about nutrition. So if it's all about nutrition, that basically means it's all about nutritional compliance, or adherence to your plan. A plan is only as good as the degree to which it is followed. I've heard it said that plans don't fail, people do. I wouldn't go that far, as poorly designed plans... read more 3 comments

Mindset ... it's such an interesting thing, especially when it comes to nutrition/dieting, etc. I'm often reminded of the difference in people's mindsets when looking at client biweeklies. For the sake of example, I'll use myself at one end of the spectrum and a random female client at the other. So, I'm dieting right now. I'm about two months or so in and the good news is that one, I'm ahead of last year's pace and two, thanks to an unusually effective last two weeks, I'm leaner than I've been in a long time. This should be a good thing right? Yeah sure, but ... I'm losing 'weight'. I woke up at 219 (albeit due to being very depleted) today, which... read more 10 comments

Often times some of the issues people face are related to certain
emotional triggers that lead to eating. These slip ups can really
put a damper on a person's motivation. There's just so much self-
torture and guilt that comes with the slip up. A few things I
want to say about this:

First, it's not that big a deal. Seriously, get over it. The last
thing you should be doing is trying to compensate for a mistake
by either cutting out meals or doing more exercise. Don't do it.
All you're doing is reinforcing bad habits. Simply pick yourself
back up, get back on the horse, and don't look back. Even once... read more 8 comments

How do you stay motivated? What does it mean to be motivated?

Stop and think about it. What motivates you? Why are you doing
this? The tightly controlled eating, the 'saying no' to those
off plan meals, the tough workouts (anyone want any more
Bulgarian Squats?), the always challenging interval workouts?

Obviously you're doing this for a reason right? That reason being
that you want to get in better shape, look better, feel better,
and so on.

That goal certainly doesn't change I'm sure so why does motivation
sometimes start to dwindle? Is it lack of progress? In some cases
sure. But stop and look back to when you started on this endeavor.
I'm sure you look... read more 3 comments

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